- Date
- December 5, 1970
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA · LYNCHBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N738NBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159498
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0060 70/12/5 LYNCHBURG,VA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0820 N738N PX- 0 0 11 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LYNCHBURG OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA CHARLOTSVILLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: FAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- 1ST STAGE FAN BLADE,L ENG,FAILED. SEVERED EXT OIL LINES CAUSED FIRE. EXTINGUISHED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Lynchburg